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- [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 250, 252, 259.
- [S120] A Place Called Home: Our Story, David L. Popiel, Duay O'Neil, et. al., (2006, The Newport Plain Talk / Jones Media Inc.), dpopiel@xtn.net., 82.
- [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 11 Mar 2011.
Antebellum home destroyed by fire
(c) 2011 NPT PHOTO BY DUAY O'NEIL
The stark shell of one of Cocke County's few remaining antebellum homes stand out against the blue skies. Seclusion Bend, built in 1848-50 by Jehu and Jane Adaline (Burnett) Stokely, burned Monday afternoon, February 28, during a violent thunderstorm.
Author: Duay O'Neil
BRIDGEPORT-A lightning strike during the Feb. 28 rainstorm is thought to be the cause of a fire that destroyed Seclusion Bend, a two-story antebellum brick home near the French Broad River in the Bridgeport community.
According to John and Adam Lovell, owner of the uninhabited structure, Ray Maples, who lives nearby, notified the Lovell family the afternoon of the blaze.
Although local firefighters responded to the fire, the blaze destroyed the interior of the home, leaving only the brick walls standing.
For more details, please see the latest edition of the Newport Plain Talk.
- [S92] Cocke County, Tennessee Census, 1048-833, 1850.
Given name listed as John
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